Hanifa Abubakar
4 Aug 2022
Kano State government has assured the public that it will accomplish all legal proceedings on the conviction of Abdulmalik Tanko and Hashimu Isiyaku, killers of Hanifa Abubakar. Justice Usman Na'aba of Kano state high court recently found the prime suspect and his accomplice guilty of kidnapping the six-year-old pupil and sentenced both to death by…
29 Jul 2022
After six months of prosecution, a Kano High Court has sentenced Abdulmaliq Tanko and Hashimu Isiyaku to death by hanging for the murder of six-year-old Hanifa Abubakar.
28 Jul 2022
Kano State High Court on Thursday sentenced two persons to death by hanging over the murder of Hanifa Abubakar. The court sentenced Abddulmaliq Abubakar Tanko and Hashimu Isiyaku to death by hanging for their principal role in the kidnapping and death of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar. Tanko, who was the prime suspect in the criminal charges,…
11 May 2022
Hashimu Isyaku, the second suspect in the murder case of Hanifa Abubakar, the five-year-old girl that was kidnapped and subsequently killed in December 2021 in Kano, has revealed his involvement in the circumstances surrounding Hanifa’s death.
10 May 2022
The murder case of late Hanifa Abubakar, a five years old pupil of Noble Kids Academy, Kano, allegedly killed by her proprietor resumed on Monday at the state high court. The prime suspect in the murder, Abdulmaliq Tanko, while opening his defense admitted to one of the criminal charges of kidnapping the victim. Tanko, along…
9 Mar 2022
Justice Usman Na'aba has overruled allegations of threat to life, confession under-duress and torture raised by Abdulmaliq Tanko, the prime suspect in the murder case of Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old pupil of Noble Kiddies Academy. At the resumption of the criminal trial on Wednesday, Justice Na'aba declared that there was no substantive evidence brought before…
2 Mar 2022
Journalists have been restricted access to cover the proceedings of Hanifa's murder case presently sitting at Kano high court, Audu Bako, Secretary. As early as 9:00 am, reporters from mainstream media had arrived at the court premise Wednesday to cover the hearing of the criminal case against three suspects Abdulmaliq Tanko, Hasymu, and Fatima. They…
15 Feb 2022
Three suspects in the murder case of Hanifa Abubakar have denied killing the five- years-old girl murdered and buried in a shallow grave at her school premise in Kano.
9 Feb 2022
A Kano State High Court has directed the state’s Ministry of Justice to provide alleged killers of the five-year-old, Hanifa Abubakar with legal representation.
7 Feb 2022
A Kano State high court has directed the state ministry of Justice to provide the alleged murderers of the five years old Hanifa Abubakar with legal representation before the procedure of the prosecution. Justice Usman Na'aba of the high court six sitting at Audu Bako secretariat gave the order on Monday when the prosecution arraigned…
3 Feb 2022
Kano State government has filed five counts against Abdulmaliq Tanko and two others for allegedly killing five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar in their Dakata quarters, Nassarawa Local Council of the state.
2 Feb 2022
Kano State Government has filed five counts against Abdulmaliq Tanko and two others for the alleged murder of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar. Tanko, along with Hashimu Isiyaku and Fatima Musa, are already standing on trial before Senior Magistrate Muhammad Jibrin bordering on culpable homicide, kidnapping, concealing, and confinement of a kidnapped person. The suspects were accused…